Priya Rao is the executive editor of beauty and fashion at Glossy and host of the Glossy Beauty Podcast and Unfair.
This week, I take a look at Walmart's Gen Z skin-care play and clean makeup brand Merit's expansion plans.
With Apple's crackdown on data privacy, the playbook is changing for small advertisers who once relied on Facebook and Instagram targeting to acquire customers and build brand affinity.
For editors and buyers craving normalcy, as well as first-time attendees (yes, NYFW is open to to the public), the six days of shows will be a welcome respite from the last 18 months. By and large, the fashion community has rallied together to make NYFW the most it can...
"I've been a close student of Amyris... Over the course of the last year or so, there's been this emergence of the portfolio of beauty, and that's when I really started leaning forward," said Alastair Dorward, Amyris chief brand officer, on the most recent episode of the Glossy Beauty Podcast.
As luxury beauty negotiates what "luxury" means in today's environment, mass beauty is also going through a transformation.
On the online front, Clé de Peau, specifically, launched on Amazon Luxury in October 2020, arguably making it the most high-end brand in the marketplace's beauty assortment. It is also revved up shoppable livestreams with influencers like Chriselle Lim on its own site. New retailers were also paramount on the...
In a cluttered and competitive beauty market, I look at how new brands are nailing their brand identities.
This week, we look take a first look at Sephora and Kohl's partnership and spend time with E.l.f. Beauty's Tarang Amin.
This week, I look at the boom of upstart personal care brands, and talk with Target's Christina Hennington and Ulta Beauty's Kecia Steelman about the two retailers' partnership launching in August.
